wetlands

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When, by the mid-1980s, commercial hunting and the destruction of wetlands brought nine of 10 major North American duck species into steep decline, a 1985 farm bill helped reverse that.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The strategy for Shropshire is broken down into 16 priorities, including restoring hedgerows, peatlands and wetlands, "re-naturalising" rivers and protecting "veteran trees".

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

In the course of three decades, the state passed all sorts of legislation, from wetlands protection to local government growth-management initiatives.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

This is unexpected because methane is usually produced in environments that lack oxygen, such as wetlands or deep ocean sediments.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

The city sat between the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the vast wetlands of the Everglades to the west, northwest, and south.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz